How much is your 2024 vacation going to cost you?

[GroguAndStitch]

7 nights BWV- rented points: $3800
5 day standard tickets via undercover tourist: $2800
airfare: $2800 (yay spring break!! )
food/souvenirs: ~$2000 -- doing savii's x 3 ; may need more if we do character dining
genie + at roughly 35$/day x 4 people = $700
Transporation MCO to/from boardwalk: ~200$

~13,000 $ for family of 4, 7 nights during spring break 2024

Just got back… spot on. Spread the payments out throughout the year but came to about 13400

 

[KimM82]

Going to WrestleMania in Philadelphia in a few weeks. Solo trip. Two night combo ticket for Mania itself, ticket to NXT show Saturday morning, two nights at Live Casino & Hotel next door to sports complex and a night at a Holiday Inn outside of town the night before. $3,860.

I’m hoping to cover food, gas and tolls from gambling. Of course, gambling could also double the cost of the weekend.

Are you going to both nights?

 

[Uncle Coaster]

Are you going to both nights?

Yes! Are you going?

 

[tampabrat22]

Thats a great price for the Mardi Gras!

It was an offer we couldnt resist. This will be our 3rd time on her. My husband is a gambler, I'm a cruiser...he gambles so I can get the casino deals to book!

 

[KimM82]

Yes! Are you going?

No, I will be watching from home.

 

[marykatmp]

$8,769 (this is just our package)

BC Deluxe Room
3 adults (2 adults, 1 young adult)
3 children (2 teens, 1 elementary student)
7 day tickets/one park a day
Memory Maker

We will drive 12 hours from Virginia and stay off property with family in Orlando the night before check-in. We then check-in, leave luggage and head in for a day at the park.

 

[klmall]

October 2024
8 nights at Pop Century
7 Park Hopper days

Trip planned to use unused PH tickets and comped nights/PHs which expire Feb. 2025

• Flights - Colorado to Orlando using reward points ($11.20 per person)
• Standard Room at Pop Century for 5 nights for $1,296.01 (will be paid using Disney gift cards earned from reward programs)
• Standard Room at Pop Century for 3 nights (comped nights due to 2019 problems) = $0
• Park Hopper 5 Day tickets - Unused expired tickets from 2019 = $716.40 (original UT price was $467 + 2021 upgrade of $40 + 2024 upgrade of $209.40); still $57.86 cheaper than current WDW price and $6.91 cheaper than current UT price
• Park Hopper 2 Day tickets - (comped due to 2019 problems) = $0
• MNSSHP - estimated at $200+ per ticket
• Food - estimated at $700 (mostly Quick Service and some will be covered by Disney GC)
• Other Costs: $300 incl. Instacart order
• Transportation to/from airport - TBD

Out of Pocket Expenses estimated to be: $2000

 

[KMP12]

6 nights at pop preferred- 4 park days. Standard dining plan 2 adults 1 child
Right around $4000

$800 flights

So about $5000 total. My husband thinks I got a good deal. Disney is so expensive

 

[jjr42cornell]

2024 Budget DisneyWorld Trip: 2 Adults; (me & my wife from 4/26-4/30)

• Round Trip Flights on SouthWest ($500 Round Trip total for the 2 of us)... Priced at $550 total, but bought a $500 gift card from Costco for $450 and paid the remaining $50 with a credit card
• Disney Park Tickets - $943 for our 4-Park Magic Tickets from UnderCoverTourist.Com
• Hotel - $734, staying at the Wyndham Lake Buena Vista Disney Springs Resort for 4 nights (I will get an additional $45 back from booking from a portal [topcashback.com portal to a Priceline booking] but I am not including that in the final math)

Total cost so far: $2,176.88

I will update for the price of transport from the airport, any Ubers taken and I will try to list out expenses for food/merchandise after we complete our trip. We will probably have a mix of table service and quick service meals and some meals from disney springs (I am really hoping to get lucky and snag either a reservation or try and walk up and get the chance to experience SPACE 220 for the first time). I am not sure if we will do Disney Genie or not, but If we do not get a Boarding Group for Tron or Guardians then I could see myself purchasing a lightning lane for those.

Our Trip is in 44 days and it will have been 3 years since we were last at Disney so we are getting very excited

1st of all, wanted to say that we had an absolute BLAST!!!

Cost Update:
Summary of Previously Detailed Expenses:
Flight - $500
Hotel - $734
Park Tickets For 2 Adults - $986 (So we switched up our plans and did a 3-Park Magic Ticket ($631), Plus an After Hours Ticket for Magic Kingdom $(355))

New Expenses not Previously Detailed:
Uber Cost - $155 (Roundtrip from airport, and several other uses to Parks and to outlet mall)
Dining & Merchandise - $705 (Space 220, Be Our Guest, Yatchsman Steakhouse, other)
Disney Genie+ - $84 (We did Hollywood Studios & Epcot, the latter being our last day where we chose not to rope drop and only had a partial day due to needing to catch our return flight).

Total Cost = $3,165

I may want to create a separate post with some of my trip details but here are some high level highlights

Rope Droping Hollywood Studios was a giant Success!!
Be Our Guest - Continues to be our Favorite Meal
Disney After Hours Event - Definitely Worth it
Tron Lightcycle Run - Ask for Front Row
Experience Redemption Lightning Lane for the WIN (Got to ride Guardians 2X)

I'm not an experience blogger/writer but i would love to tell our story if people want to hear more

 

[Twilghtsprkle]

I’m trying to plan a London trip in August and man is it overwhelming. It’s been 16 years since we last went and things are different now, picking up a preloaded SIM card was not a thing then. I will say I have an easier time with figuring costs for Disney since we’ve gone so often.

Airfare - $4100
Hotel - $3300
no idea on food, we will have a kitchenette, but with only 2 burners and no stove I can’t cook for 4
Attractions - $1000 I think, may be more, feels like everything is 30 pounds to enter, at least kids are much cheaper

 

[weather_lady]

For comparison, our late 2023 vacation (2 adults, 2 teens) worked out as follows:

Rountrip airfare from BUF to MCO - $20 (flew on JetBlue credit card rewards points, only paid for a servicing fee)

Roundtrip ground transportation from/to MCO, with tips (XL rideshare) - $140

Hotels, 6 nights: (3 nights at Grand Floridian resort studio on rented points, 3 nights at Yacht Club in std. room with VISA cardholder promo rate) -- $2,600

Tickets (3-day parkhoppers purchased through third party, plus 2-day complimentary parkhoppers from prior visit) -- $1,700

Genie+ (bought 2 days at $15/pp for four): $120

Food (7 non-signature TS meals, 1 Fantasmic! TS dinner package, 1 TS dinner show, 4 CS meals, 1 snack/drink break at a lounge, and 9 individual snacks, all plus tax and tip, for 4 people over the course of 6 nights and 7 days): $2,040, BUT it was all paid for with Disney gift cards purchased at a 9% stacked discount, so we actually paid about $1,860.

GRAND TOTAL for 7-day, 6 night trip with 5 days spent in the parks: $6,440

TOTAL TO BE SPENT IN 2024:
- $0 on WDW
- ~$4,000 total on a week-long luxury vacation home rental in the Adirondacks with family members, including estimated grocery expenses and gas
- ~$4,220 for a 4-day, 3-night trip to Universal over Memorial Day weekend (fast approaching!), including $1,800 for 15-month 2-park Seasonal Annual Passes, $1,440 for 3 nights in a premier hotel with passholder discount and unlimited express passes, estimated $800 in food costs, $20 in flight costs (reward points), and $160 for ground transportation. We'll depart with 14 months and 3 weeks left on our 2-park passes, which means subsequent trips within that time period will, in effect, include "free" admission to the two legacy parks.

 

[Princesca]

Our early 2025 parks trip (6 park days, no hoppers) with a stay at Pop (7 nights) plus airfare for 2 adults one kid is going to come out to around $5200.

Our 2024 DCL cruise for 2 adults, one kid, 6 nights is coming out to $7300 incl airfare, hotel stay night before, towncar to port, gratuities, etc. We bought that upon release with a placeholder, so I think we got a pretty good deal on it.

We have splurged massively two years in a row on vacations and aren't really going to be able to keep this up, unfortunately. I think after COVID we've just been getting our YOLOs out.

 

[PrincessNelly]

We decided to spend a few nights in Atlantic City for my birthday. We normally go to WDW but since we were going in a few weeks, we opted for something closer to home. We also hadn't been to Atlantic City is a few years.

Feb 1st - Feb 3rd (2 adults)
2 nights Caesar's Palace Centurion Tower King Room - $251.73
Gas - $20
Parking -$5 (we booked directly with Caesars so a $20 parking credit was included)
Dinner at Gordon Rasmay's Pub & Grill -$115.00
Lunch at Rainforest Cafe - $62.00
Dinner at Gordon Rasmay's Hells Kitchen - $230.00
Breakfast at McDonald's - $15.00
Total: $678.73

It's funny how quickly these "cheap" trips add up!

We found a sweet deal on a two bedroom at SSR, so we decided to take a trip with my fiancé and his family (brother, mom, and dad) to celebrate his dad's birthday and go to the flower and Garden Festival. My fiancé, brother in law, and myself drove down while my in laws flew.

Feb 24th - March 2nd (5 Adults)
7 Nights at SSR standard 2 bedroom - $1,180
Gas from Philly to Orlando RT - $225
Flights Trenton to Orlando RT - $313.92
5 2 day Tickets - $1,214.10
5 1 day Water Park Tickets - free
Group Total: $2,933.02
Food & Merch Spending: $1,000 (us only)
My Fiancé and I's Total: $2,296.64

I had to update my cruise trip as we didn't get BRV but managed to snag Cooper Creek instead!
Flights are looking more expensive than normal and DCL transfers also increased in price
We are using discounted gift cards where possible to save money.

Sept 25 - Oct 6th (2 Adults)
3 nights Copper Creek Villas (pre cruise) -$0.00 DVC points
7 night cruise Eastern Caribbean on Disney Fantasy (verandah room) - $3,883.08
1 night Yacht Club (post cruise) - $430.32
RT DCL Transfers - $180
Prepaid Gratuities - $203
Frontier Flights (PHL to MCO) - $226.58
Southwest Flights (MCO to PHL) - $325.96
Mears Connect to/from MCO - $67.20
Travel Insurance - $85 (est)
Passports - $330

Est. Total $5,731.14

Somehow we keep adding trips LOL. With Tiana's opening & H2O Glow nights lining up, we decided to sneak down and go enjoy it! Plus our Sept trip seems so far away! We managed to snag the Boardwalk after stalking the DVC site! We're excited to see the new rooms.

July 6 - 9th (2 Adults)
3 nights Boardwalk Villas standard studio -$120.00 (we needed 6 one time use DVC points)
Southwest Flight (PHL to MCO) - $179.96
American Airlines Flight (MCO to PHL) - $178.96
Hertz Rental Car - $162.29
H2O Glow Nights Tickets - $148.40
ADRs/Food - $400 (est)
Est. Total $1,189.61

Sept 25 - Oct 6th (2 Adults)
3 nights Copper Creek Villas (pre cruise) -$0.00 DVC points
7 night cruise Eastern Caribbean on Disney Fantasy (verandah room) - $3,883.08
1 night Yacht Club (post cruise) - $430.32
RT DCL Transfers - $180
Prepaid Gratuities - $203
Frontier Flights (PHL to MCO) - $226.58
Southwest Flights (MCO to PHL) - $281.96
Mears Connect to/from MCO - $67.20
Travel Insurance - $85 (est)
Passports - $330

Est. Total $5,687.14

 

[jimmymc]

I'm planning a two-week solo trip to Japan that's currently at $5800 + 95k Amex points. My flight was 95k points, then I paid another $1000 to upgrade my seats. Trains, busses, and taxis around Japan are about $500.

The plan is to start with 4 nights in Tokyo, 2 nights at Disney, 2 in Kanazawa, 2 in Takayama, 5 in Kyoto/Osaka, and 1 last night in Tokyo before flying home. Hotels range from $100 budget rooms to $400 at Disney. Meals are generally cheap, but I'm budgeting for 3-4 special dinners too. Plus things like theme park tickets, shopping, renting a bike in some places, and other activities.

 

[simonsayz]

My upcoming Dec trip to
Disney Port Orleans 10 days 9 nights
2 adults
$6000 with the free dining
estimating $500 for parking at the airport and the mears connect
Flight will probably be $250 (i have points)
Maybe another $500 for shopping and tips

I am guessing $7250

Also thinking of a week getaway trip to Wyndham or Hilton at Disney Springs. This is probably going to be around $3500

 

[Rob Huff]

October 2024
8 nights at Pop Century
7 Park Hopper days

Trip planned to use unused PH tickets and comped nights/PHs which expire Feb. 2025

• Flights - Colorado to Orlando using reward points ($11.20 per person)
• Standard Room at Pop Century for 5 nights for $1,296.01 (will be paid using Disney gift cards earned from reward programs)
• Standard Room at Pop Century for 3 nights (comped nights due to 2019 problems) = $0
• Park Hopper 5 Day tickets - Unused expired tickets from 2019 = $716.40 (original UT price was $467 + 2021 upgrade of $40 + 2024 upgrade of $209.40); still $57.86 cheaper than current WDW price and $6.91 cheaper than current UT price
• Park Hopper 2 Day tickets - (comped due to 2019 problems) = $0
• MNSSHP - estimated at $200+ per ticket
• Food - estimated at $700 (mostly Quick Service and some will be covered by Disney GC)
• Other Costs: $300 incl. Instacart order
• Transportation to/from airport - TBD

Out of Pocket Expenses estimated to be: $2000

How are you earning $1,300 in DGCs from reward programs?

 

[klmall]

How are you earning $1,300 in DGCs from reward programs?

Some of the Disney gift cards are leftover from my 2022 trip most of which were earned through the reward programs listed below. I used to redeem these rewards to buy discounted Disney gift cards from Target but Target has largely closed that option. For a year now I have redeemed all rewards to PayPal and then bought the gift cards from Disney. I have read that you can still buy Disney gift cards for 5% off using your Target Red Card in a few limited situations though and Sam's Club type places still sell discounted gift cards a few times each year.

Over the past couple years I have earned at least $50 total a month from Swagbucks and MyPoints by doing surveys, watching videos and occasionally playing games online. Since last July I have also earned money through the Paid Viewpoint program which is a super easy way to earn money through surveys that are sent to you only if you have already prequalified bringing up my monthly total to about $75 a month.

In the past some of my money also came from Pinecone Research surveys which used to bring in about $150 a year but these surveys as well as those from other reward sites seem to have diminished as I 'age' but I just work extra hard to make up the difference!

My total rewards would currently be even higher but I have used some of my PayPal money to buy various Disney related items when a good sale came along. I'm very lucky that I have the time each day to do these reward programs since I am retired but I usually spend no more than an hour a day total although I do keep my Paid Viewpoint page open all day to show new surveys to complete.

If you look around a bit you will find other survey opportunities such as the weekly health status study that gave me $25 a month for 6 months while it was running (now closed).

I don't think posting any of my reward referral links is allowed here but all of the programs listed above have this option.

Good luck!

 

[Rob Huff]

Some of the Disney gift cards are leftover from my 2022 trip most of which were earned through the reward programs listed below. I used to redeem these rewards to buy discounted Disney gift cards from Target but Target has largely closed that option. For a year now I have redeemed all rewards to PayPal and then bought the gift cards from Disney. I have read that you can still buy Disney gift cards for 5% off using your Target Red Card in a few limited situations though and Sam's Club type places still sell discounted gift cards a few times each year.

Over the past couple years I have earned at least $50 total a month from Swagbucks and MyPoints by doing surveys, watching videos and occasionally playing games online. Since last July I have also earned money through the Paid Viewpoint program which is a super easy way to earn money through surveys that are sent to you only if you have already prequalified bringing up my monthly total to about $75 a month.

In the past some of my money also came from Pinecone Research surveys which used to bring in about $150 a year but these surveys as well as those from other reward sites seem to have diminished as I 'age' but I just work extra hard to make up the difference!

My total rewards would currently be even higher but I have used some of my PayPal money to buy various Disney related items when a good sale came along. I'm very lucky that I have the time each day to do these reward programs since I am retired but I usually spend no more than an hour a day total although I do keep my Paid Viewpoint page open all day to show new surveys to complete.

If you look around a bit you will find other survey opportunities such as the weekly health status study that gave me $25 a month for 6 months while it was running (now closed).

I don't think posting any of my reward referral links is allowed here but all of the programs listed above have this option.

Good luck!

Thanks for all of the great detail.

That is a lot of different sources. It also sounds like a hefty time commitment? Do you have an estimate as to how much time you spend on the surveys/videos/games?

 

[klmall]

Thanks for all of the great detail.

That is a lot of different sources. It also sounds like a hefty time commitment? Do you have an estimate as to how much time you spend on the surveys/videos/games?

On average I spend about an hour a day; some days more and some less. When I have a planned trip as I do coming up in October I devote more time to it. And if I wasn't working on rewards I'd probably just be scrolling......

 

[Cynt]

January 2024 is our Anniversary. We're still deciding. I really want to go to Jackson Hole and stay at the Rustic Inn. DH doesn't want to go anywhere cold. Guesstimate $4K - CANCELED

Our other option is Punta Cana and stay in one of the Majestic resorts. Guesstimate $5K. - CANCELED

DH surprised me with a quick getaway for Easter aboard the Carnival Magic (I think that was the name). Casino Royale offer. The one night hotel in NOLA was more expensive than the 3 night cruise. LOL! - ACTUAL TOTAL $650

June 2024 is our family reunion in Broken Bow, OK. Guesstimate $2K. - staying on track with the $2000 budget.

Essence Fest in NOLA July 4th weekend. Girls trip. Hotel $1000, concert tkts $400, used my miles to purchase airline tkts, $11.50, food n beverages $250. $1661 total so far.

July 2024 family and friends cruise to Alaska leaving from Seattle round trip. We were able to book via casino Royale and that saved us a ton of money. Guesstimate $5K. - ACTUAL thus far $5936 - balcony cruise for 3, 3 shore excursions, gratuities, travel insurance, airline tickets, 2 nights precruise and one night post cruise, transportation.

Fall 2024 I'm going to sweet talk DH into going to Italy. LOL! - Canceled

Thanksgiving cruise booked. Casino Royale so we spent $400 in taxes and fees. Planning still underway.